On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell of colitas rising up through the air.
Name that song...
I'm sure most of you got Hotel California by the Eagles which would be correct.
Well I has driving along a desert highway and as I thought appropriate I was playing that song and in magnificent tone deaf timing I was singing along to it. Now I wanted to know what colitas is.
A search of the web found me that answer on The Straight Dope. My favourite part of that explanation is the mangling of the second part of that line as: "Wurn Snell of Colitas rising up through the air."
This is attributed to Thomas Dzubin of Vancouver, BC with this interpretation of the meaning: "There was this fireworks factory just three blocks from the Hotel California and it blew up! Big tragedy. One of the workers was named Wurn Snell and he was from the town of Colitas in Greece. One of the workers who escaped the explosion talked to another guy. I think it was probably Don Henley and Don asked what the guy saw. The worker said, "Wurn Snell of Colitas, rising up through the air."
I had a good chuckle at that.
Colitas is translated from Mexican Spanish as 'little buds' - a reference to Mary Jane.
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Firstly my condolences to the Snell family.
Secondly. Excuse my ignorance but who is Mary Jane?
You have obviously led a very sheltered life with little exposure to the outside world. Mary Jane is slang for marijuana. If you split the word marijuana into 2 you get Mari + Juana and if you were a Spanish speaking person and you translated those two words into English you end up with Mary Jane.
So you think Peter Parker was a pothead???
Which Peter Parker are you referring to?
Peter Benjamin Parker, alter ego of the fictional character Spider-Man
Sir Peter Parker (British businessman) (1924–2002), British businessman
Peter Parker (physician) (1804–1888), the first Protestant medical missionary to China
Sir Peter Parker, 1st Baronet (1721–1811), friend and patron of Admiral Nelson
Sir Peter Parker, 2nd Baronet (1785–1814), English naval officer
Peter Parker (umpire) (born 1959), Australian cricket umpire
Peter Parker (writer), English biographer
Peter Parker, stage name for the DJ/Turntablist of the UK jazz/hip-hop band Fingathing
The Peter Parkers, a rock band from Moncton, New Brunswick.
drugs are illegal in south africa. so are murder and rape.
Don't try and hide your illiteracy behind some comment about the legality of drugs.
does being ignorant of colloquial terms for narcotics render me illiterate? you yanks are weird.
Yes it does. According to our definitions, if you are president and you have sexual relations with an intern then by definition the first time you are questioned about it you can state the opposite.
thanks for straightening that out; i stand corrected.
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